This short flow gets into all the tight places. We target the hip flexors through dynamic and static stretching. We end with a guided visualization.

1st Trimester Gentle Flow

30

Chelsea Rothert

Style:

Prenatal

Focus:

This gentle prenatal practice is perfect for your first trimester. Honoring your low energy with simple yet strong poses and movements, practicing breathing exercises that can help with acid reflux and morning sickness, and finishing with an acceptance meditation. It will leave you feeling refreshed and connected to yourself and your baby. OPTIONAL PROPS: 1 Blanket

Modifications and Precautions for Your 1st Trimester

30

Chelsea Rothert

Style:

Prenatal

Focus:

In this important video we discuss things to avoid during your first trimester such as specific breathing, core and twists. We then, practice necessary modifications and learn other options that will accommodate your changing body on the mat. Part discussion, part practice. OPTIONAL PROPS: 1 Block

Finding Position on Your Mat

8

Ali Owens

Style:

Beginner, Quick Tips

Focus:

Have you ever walked into a yoga class and found yourself scrambling to find your footing or understand how to place your hands? In this simple quick tip video we will walk you through a basic sun salute so you can place your hands and feet right where they need to be. Nothing calms a busy mind quite like moving efficiently through a vinyasa flow practice.

Hip Flexor Relief

10

Ali Owens

Style:

Focus:

The psoas can become very tight with long hours of sitting or intense intervals of cardiovascular exercise. Open hip flexors will help you to step through to basic lunges in a power yoga practice. This quick tip will give you some postures to help lengthen the psoas and target the quads. A great clip for those who like to run, hike, bike or walk and are experiencing knee or hip pain as a result. Your hip flexors could be the key to a healthy lower body.

Relax your Shoulders

10

Ali Owens

Style:

Beginner, Quick Tips

Focus:

One of the most common questions when first starting out: "How can I relax my shoulders?" The answer lies in this quick tip that will teach you the proper rotation of the arm bone in the shoulder socket so you can ease the muscles that line the head, neck and shoulders. This video will help you to feel at ease in poses such as down dog, warrior two, handstand and chaturanga. Enjoy!

Sciatica Relief

12

Ali Owens

Style:

Beginner, Quick Tips

Focus:

Hamstrings, Hip Openers

This quick tip gives you a few common poses prescribed to help alleviate pressure from the sciatic nerve. Sciatica can occur in the body for a number of reasons so please check with a medical professional to make sure yoga is an appropriate way for you to medicate the injury. We will go through a few poses to help open the hips, lengthen the psoas and lower back for greater mobility and flexibility through the area most commonly associated with sciatica.

Continuous Flow for Compassion

30

Linda Baffa

Style:

Power Vinyasa

Focus:

Backbends, Continuous Flow, Heart Openers

This class will open your heart, expand your capacity to love, and bring compassionate awareness to yourself and others. We start with a heart-opening meditation and then move through a continuous, heated flow and end with some deep back bends. SUGGESTED PROPS: 1 Strap